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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1950

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Rotary Club Made £215; Carnival

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 4

The profit from the street carnival conducted by the West Wyalong Rotarv Club on New Year's Eve, was £215. Telling this to the Club this…

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Show Dates for 1950

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 12

Delegates of the Central Western Show Societies met at Forbes last Friday under the presidency of Mr. Jim Hammond, all centres but…

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The Passing Show Third Party Insurance

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 1

Third party insurance apparently does not give the protection to the general public that it was fondly honed would be the case…

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Young Swimming Carnival

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 6

Official results of the Young Swimming Carnival will be published on Thursday…

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School Swimming Carnival

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 7

West Wyalong Intermediate High School will hold its annual swimming carnival on the afternoon of March 2…

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Record Meeting to Plan Sports Carnival

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 1

A special meeting convened by the President Mr. P. J. Kearins, to make arrangements for the Easter…

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Annual Meeting of Ungarie Show Assn

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 1

The annual general meeting of the Ungarie Show Committee wi'l be held at the Memorial Hall at 8 p.m. on Saturday. 4th…

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The Passing Show Widening of Grenfell St

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

It will be noticed that in our last issue mention was made of the proposal of Messrs J. Peasley & Son to build a modern garage in Rankin St.,…

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Campaign Now Well Under Way Huge Street Carnival and Concert Park Playground Project

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

A WELL attended meeting of the Forbes National Fitness Committee and sporting and other organisations was held in the Mayor's room, Town Hall, on Monday night to further arrangements for the opening carnival in connection with the proposal…

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Red Cross Prepares for R.a.s. Show

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 5

Five thousand loaves of bread, 300 pounds of tea, 1200 gallons of fruit drinks-these would be dream like figures in a house…

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Show Society, Public, will Farewell Mr. and Mrs. H.H.Andrews

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1

Organised by the West Wyalong Show Association—one of the strongest and most important organisations in the South-west—a public farewell will be…

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Parkes Show President

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

Members of the Parkes PA. and H. Association last week re-elected Mr. George Marshall, of Alectown, to the position of President for the current…

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Davis Cup Players at Forbes Tennis Exhibition

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 6

FORBES people are fortunate in the wealth of tennis talent they have had brought to their doors' by Forbes Tennis Club, which is to be congratulated on the initiative and enterprise it has shown in this respect over a number of years…

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Fruit Display at Orange Show

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 6

Orchardists are displaying a great deal of interest in the inter-district display of fruit to be staged at the 1960 Orange Show…

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The Passing Show the Wheat Question

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

The wheat question and the handling of the harvest still continue to exercise the minds of farmers: although the past season's crop has been safely…

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Tennis Fans Thrilled at Exhibition

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 4

Last Tuesday night on Andrew's. night courts, tennis followers were treated to a first class display of tennis when…

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West Wyalong Show Society In Sound Financial Position

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 8

Although the West Wyalong Show Committee spared no expense to make the 1949 Golden Jubilee Agricultural exhibition an outstanding success, its financial…

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Much Business Dealt With at Annual Meeting of Show Society

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 5

There was almost a full attendance of members of the retiring Committee at the annual meeting of the West Wyalong Show Association at the Memorial Hall,…

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Mr. F. W. Maslim is New President of West Wyalong Show Association

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 5

Mr. F. W. Mdslin (a Vice-President for several years, and who has otherwise taken a very keen and active interest in the West Wyalong Show Society) was…

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The Passing Show Tenancy Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 1

Because I previously mentioned in this column the tenancy case of Donald Wallace, Forbes, who was ejected from his home on Camp Hill on an…

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